Towanda, IL

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1775822, place: Towanda village, Illinois)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 104 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7 (6.73%)
Kindergarten: 2 (1.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 47 (45.19%)
High school (grades 9-12): 29 (27.88%)
College or graduate school: 19 (18.27%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 344 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2 (0.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 34 (9.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 149 (43.31%)
Some college, no degree: 76 (22.09%)
Associate degree: 20 (5.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 55 (15.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (2.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 400 (100%)
Never married: 72 (18%)
Now married, except separated: 267 (66.75%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 28 (7%)
Widowed Female: 17 (4.25%)
Total Divorced: 33 (8.25%)
Divorced Female: 24 (6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 7 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 381 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 58 (15.22%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 88 (100%)
--With a disability: 3 (3.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 308 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (13.96%)
----Percent employed: 76.7%
--No disability: 265 (86.04%)
----Percent employed: 87.9%
Population 65 years and over: 59 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (28.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 455 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 293 (64.4%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 159 (34.95%)
--Same county: 85 (18.68%)
--Different county: 74 (16.26%)
----Same state: 31 (6.81%)
----Different state: 43 (9.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.66%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 505 (100%)
Native: 503 (99.6%)
--Born in United States: 503 (100%)
----State of residence: 408 (80.79%)
----Different state: 95 (18.81%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.4%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 2 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 455 (100%)
English only: 447 (98.24%)
Language other than English: 8 (1.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.44%)
--Spanish: 5 (1.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 505 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 511% (101.19%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.4%)
Dutch: 8 (1.58%)
English: 73 (14.46%)
French (except Basque): 9 (1.78%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 168 (33.27%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.4%)
Irish: 74 (14.65%)
Italian: 29 (5.74%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 14 (2.77%)
Polish: 27 (5.35%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.99%)
Scottish: 6 (1.19%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 11 (2.18%)
Swiss: 4 (0.79%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 45 (8.91%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 32 (6.34%)

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